Recent data released by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) reflects an increase in the participation of women in scientific and technological fields in the last two decades. As per the data, the percentage of women researchers has increased from 13.9 in 2015 to 18.7 in 2018. In 2018-19, around 28% of women participated in extramural R&D projects as compared to 13% in 2000-01. An overall increase is observed in almost all the fields, but an encouraging rise of women researchers is seen in the field of social sciences and humanities. The percentage of women researchers in the social sciences and humanities is 36.4% while that in engineering and technology is 14.5%. In natural sciences and agriculture it is 22.5% each and in health sciences it is 24.5%. “The proportion of female researchers is significantly less in India considering the male-to-female ratio is 4:1 or even less. Also, while there are more than 40% of female graduates in STEM fields in India, which is higher than the global average of 30%, only about 15% land jobs in STEM-related fields,” explains Ruchi Singh, Scientist F, ICMR-National Institute of Pathology, Safdarjung Hospital Campus.
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